by Jesua | May 8, 2022 | Blog, Featured, Featured Read
Seven years ago on Mother’s Day eve, when my kids were ten and six years old, I decided to sit in ceremony with a dear medicine woman sister. It was just the two of us. In my fantasy, it would be a sweet, nurturing Mother’s Day gift to myself, a chance to open my...
by Jesua | Sep 5, 2021 | Blog, Featured Read
In the past few years, I have experienced the painful intensity of someone’s contempt. This was not a romantic connection, gone sour. It was a layered and complex soul contract, a cherished friendship I had fully imagined would weather the storms and seasons of...
by Jesua | May 19, 2021 | Blog, Featured Read
Recently I went through a challenging relational experience with someone I’d considered a dear friend, and it left my heart feeling raw and trampled. Isn’t it astonishing how each heartbreak we experience can bring to the surface every other unresolved betrayal,...
by Jesua | Mar 27, 2021 | Blog, Featured Read
“Help” is one of my most favorite prayers. When we can find our way to the voice that remembers how to ask for help, we are more than halfway home. How many times in the last couple of years have I found my way, just in time, back to the altar. Back to the simple...
by Jesua | Mar 12, 2021 | Blog, Featured Read
When I map my own path of self-love, I can see how much of it has been shaped from an honest willingness to see my addictive dance with self-loathing. Isn’t it amazing how the very source of our suffering– when faced directly– holds the key to our...
by Jesua | Mar 4, 2021 | Blog, Featured Read
At the top of my extremely short list of what I’ve absolutely loved about this global pandemic? My ritualized evening walks with my amazing son, Ezra Star.* Our walks have evolved this past year, alongside the seasons, and our rapidly evolving hearts. Last spring and...
